Taft plans Washington headquarters and pension bill passes
Highlights include Taft opening a campaign HQ in Washington with Myron Herrick in charge, the pension bill at 152 million passing the House abolishing 17 agencies, and a note on the Lorimer investigation where Blumenberg contested the notes as faked. Also, express companies face possible prosecutions for toll violations, and Borah backs a children’s bureau with house amendments. A tariff board defense closes Taft’s Akron chamber event.
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Taft
Washington, D. C
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
House of Representatives
Washington
Diverse Early 20th Century News Circle Report
A sweeping roundup covers government finance with a Boston court order returning 5 902000 to a state treasurer, a sensational New York romance ending in double suicide, a bomb explosion murder case, a back to farm push in Indiana, Maine battleship recovery efforts, a maritime collision near Cape Henry, legal fines for rail disputes in Mississippi, Milwaukee libel settlement, Cincinnati trust controversy, Greenwich tax leaps, Wisconsin water power ruling, royal arrival in snow, submarine sinking, Caruso acquittal, El Paso American protection plea, Chinese abdication, and Tolstoy widow pension.
Mrs Evelyn Walsh McLean Becomes Hope Diamond Owner
Mrs Evelyn Walsh McLean wife of Edward McLean and heir of Thomas F Walsh is the new owner of the Hope diamond She wore the famed gem for the first time during a reception hosted by the McLeans in honor of the Russian ambassador.
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Evelyn Walsh McLean
Edward McLean
Thomas F. Walsh
Hope
McLeans
War Department Orders 5,000 Troops to Mexican Border
The War Department orders 5,000 troops to El Paso for reinforcement of border cavalry and holds another 5,000 in reserve for possible invasion of Mexico. Fully 25,000 troops east and west are to prepare for field deployment within 24 hours. Reports from Ambassador Wilson and consuls indicate the Madero regime is weakened and unable to guarantee foreign rights.
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Washington
War Department
Republic of Mexico
United States
el Paso
Mobile Army
Texas
Mexico
Wilson
Mexican Republic
State Department
Madero
Diaz
Blumenberg Fired by Lorimer Committee Over Notes Challenge
Milton W. Blumenberg testified that shorthand notes used to back a perjury charge against Charles McGowan were faked. He was dismissed as official stenographer of the committee and contempt proceedings were directed before the U.S. Senate, with potential penalties including reprimand, discharge, fine, or jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton W. Blumenberg
Senator Lorimer
Washington
Charles McGowan
C. F. Wiehe
Lorimer Investigation Committee
Senate
William J. Burns
McNamara
Lorimer Investigating Committee
Blumenberg
Lorimer
United States Senate
Victory in telegrams signals in Chicago packers case
In federal court a code book for translating telegrams from the National Packing company was entered as part of the trial. Both sides claimed victory after messages were interpreted. Government says some telegrams warned of supply cuts unless branch managers kept higher prices, while prosecutors argue curtailment implies monopoly. Isadore J. Snyder identified messages showing routine business communications.
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Chicago
Chicago Packers
National Packing Company
Isadore J. Snyder
Boston
The
National Concern
Wilkerson
Hasty wedding tour ends with near miss on express
A bride and bridegroom hastily travel on a wedding tour. At a station the groom snaps at the agent asking about the next train. The express passes without stopping after a quarrel over whether the agent may intervene.
Pimples Cover Back Prompts Cure With Cuticura Remedies
A Kansas man describes years of back eruptions and severe itching that worsened until his back became a mass of sores. After using Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent for four months he shows near full recovery and endorses the line as best for skin diseases. May 26, 1911. Cuticura ads offer free samples via Boston address.
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W. A. Armstrong
Corbin
Kan
Tatterdon Torn-Did she turn you down or marry you
Esther Way notes a playful exchange about a man named Tatterdon Torn questioning whether a woman refused him or accepted him. The piece reads as a light, humorous social item from a local column, reflecting dating and relationship banter of the time.
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Esther
Bromo Quinone Ad Claims One Day Cure
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine and a claim to cure a cold in one day. It mentions a signature by B. W. Grove and features a general product pitch. The copy references a price of 25 cents and an appeal to women and married men.
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B. W. Grove
Seven Years of Misery in Sikeston Woman Finds Relief
Mrs. Demma Bethune of Sikeston Missouri says seven years of monthly illness with cramps backache and fatigue vanished after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports renewed health enabling daily chores gardening and social duties and urges other women to try the remedy for displacements inflammation ulceration irregularities and nervous prostration after other methods failed.
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Sikeston
Lydia E. Pinkham
Demma Bethune
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Express
Congress
Slayden
House
Borah
Department of Commerce and Labor
Akron (D
Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum
Stevens
Supreme Court
Braley
New York City
Walter L. Suydam
Frederick Noble
Mrs Suydam
Mr Suydam
Helen Taylor
Central Office
Indiana Commission On Industrial and Agricultural Education
South Bend
Maine
Havana
Allegheny
Hamburg-American Line
Pomeran
Atlantic
Cape Henry
Joseph Cotton
Smith Cotton
Joseph Sanchez
Wixols Central
McComb City
Miss
Niles
Seidel
Milwaukee
Franz Eschweiler
Cincinnati
Harry Busch
Cincinnati Trust Company
George B. Cox
Provident Savings Bank and Trust Company
Greenwich
Conn
America
Wiconsin
State Supreme Court
England
Spithead
Isle of Wight
Hazard
Signor Caruso
Milan
Italy
Ada Giachetti
Oscar Hammerstein
Manhattan Opera House
Caruso
Juarez
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Peking
Tolstoy
M. W. Blumenberg
Packers
Olek
Samuel
Rachelle
the Centaur Company
New York
Foodan
Bears
Castoria
Mr. Newlywed
Carter
Allen
Olmsted
Leroy,n.y
Brown
Jon I. Brown & Son
Houston
Mass
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